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1. The Impact of ACEs Why Investing in Families Now Protects our Future We all know people who have had incredibly difficult childhoods, yet have done well as adults. In fact, you may be one of those people. After learning about the brain science of Adverse Childhood Experiences, almost everyone wants to learn more about what we can do. The following slides show how ACEs impact our world and why a focus on prevention and stopping Adverse Childhood Experiences is an urgent issue for all of us.
2. Factors that Influence Health You probably already believe that experience has a powerful impact on health. You many not know that it’s the most powerful means for helping people to thrive. In fact, only 10% of the factors that influence health are contained in formal health care systems. More than half of the factors that influence health are embedded in the way we live day by day. Source: USDHEW, PHS, CDC. “Ten Leading Causes of Death in US 1975, Georgia Bureau of State Services, Health Analysis and Planning for Preventive Services, p. 35, 1978
3. WHAT ARE THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACEs)? Child physical abuse Child sexual abuse Child emotional abuse Neglect Mentally ill, depressed or suicidal person in the home Drug addicted or alcoholic family member Witnessing domestic violence against the mother Loss of a parent to death or abandonment, including abandonment by divorce Incarceration of any family member
4. ACEsand Behavioral, Mental Physical, and Social Health Concerns Total Population Ever Smoking = 40.8%
5. Up to 58% of health conditions that impact worker performance Can be traced back to adverse childhood experiences (AcEs) Serious job problems, financial problems, and worker absenteeism are highly related to every category of Adverse Childhood Experiences (three types of abuse, neglect, plus four indicators of family functioning).  The larger an individual worker’s ACE score, the greater the risk for poor worker performance. When a child is exposed to trauma at an early age, developmental neurobiologists have found effects on that child’s cognitive development, which can affect their emotional regulation, health, and societal responses. As a result, Adverse Childhood Experiences increases the likelihood of relationship problems, emotional distress, including depressed mood, panic reactions, and difficulty with anger, back pain, headache, joint problems, and substance abuse.  Strong evidence shows that these problems are mediating factors that link ACEs and worker performance.  When we combine our understanding of ACEs and worker productivity with developmental neurobiology findings related to childhood trauma, a powerful picture emerges that shows how people with high ACE scores often find themselves on the fast track to poverty at the individual and family levels, and to global non-competitiveness at the business and societal levels.
6. Prevalence & Effects of ACEs on Worker Performance in WA Prevalence 29.7% of the Working Age Population (Age 18-64) has 3 or more ACEs PREVALENCE by Age Group Effect of ACEs on Worker Performance
7. Up to 58% of health conditions impeding worker performance are attributable to ACEs Washington Population Attributable Risk Related to Worker Performance(2009) Relationship Problems Marital & Family – 32.9% Risk for Divorce Emotional Distress 42.5% Hopelessness 55% Anxiety Substance Abuse 21.3% Heavy Drinking; 32.5% Binge Drinking 36.7% Current Smoking 58.9% High Risk for HIV; based on Drug & Sexual Behavior Health Problems that Limit Activity 34.4% ≥ 14 Unhealthy Physical or Mental Activities 39.1% Health Problems limit Daily Activities Intermediate (Mediating) Factors Relationship Problems Marital Family Sexual Emotional Distress Depressed Mood Panic Reactions Difficulty with Anger Somatic Symptoms Back Pain Headache Joint Problems Substance Abuse Alcoholism Tobacco Illicit Drugs
8. Effects of Community Capacity on Worker Performance Intermediate (Mediating) Factors Relationship Problems Marital Family Sexual Emotional Distress Depressed Mood Panic Reactions Difficulty with Anger Somatic Symptoms Back Pain Headache Joint Problems Substance Abuse Alcoholism Tobacco Illicit Drugs Crisis & Persistent Thriving
9. ACEs and Worker Performance Intermediate (Mediating) Factors Relationship Problems Marital Family Sexual Emotional Distress Depressed Mood Panic Reactions Difficulty with Anger Somatic Symptoms Back Pain Headache Joint Problems Substance Abuse Alcoholism Tobacco Illicit Drugs ACEs Worker Performance Serious job problems Financial problems Worker absenteeism